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July 31, 2016

Radiant Human

Portraits of the magical Christina Lonsdale of Radiant Human in her studio in Portland, Oregon - shot on 35mm film by Amanda Leigh Smith

Radiant Human is a project created by Christina Lonsdale, a visual artist based in Portland, Oregon. The prodigal daughter of an energy painter mother and a two-time commune founding father, she was raised on mysticism during the dawning of the digital age—formative years where science and spiritualism occupied equal bandwidth. Lonsdale’s portrait practice seeks a sort of parity between these opposing faiths, shoring up the distance between New Age self-discovery from New Media self(ie)-actualization. The project has toured extensively throughout North America. Radiant Human is the first of it's kind: A roving, fully adaptable aura photography laboratory; a uniquely immersive salon of extrasensory image-making. They make polaroid photographs of you and your aura. The camera works on the principle that we all have electricity in our body and that electricity radiates past our skins surface. This camera uses hand sensors that pick up this electricity and through a proprietary algorithm, matches this electricity to a color, then that color comes out as a dual exposure.
Learn more about her work at www.radianthuman.com

June 16, 2015

TEDx Portland

This year I was selected to be a featured artist for the TEDx Portland event at the Keller Auditorium in Portland, Oregon on May 30, 2015. It was a huge honor and I was among many other incredible artists of many different mediums. The days leading up to the talk they hosted an art show at Union & Pine to showcase some of the artist's pieces. We were asked to make a piece that related to the talk's theme: Tomorrows. My piece below titled "Don't Let it Get You Down" reflects the many things that come to my mind when I think about the future. Even though I have many concerns about the future like population growth and the health of our planet and environment, I still have hope. It's easy to get overwhelmed by all the challenges we are facing, but I feel it's important to remember that we have the power to make positive change as long as we stay motivated.

'Don't Let It Get You Down"

Collage made from 35mm film photos

Me and my girl Skye in front of my print.

April 16, 2011

Inspiration: Broadcast // Trish Keenan

“Written from the perspective of a mythological harmony group. I like the idea of conjuring up a weird cult of science worship, a kind of modern day Eloi who believe in a united being, the unity of all things. The kind of early philosophy I imagine ancient men and women were in touch with, that innate loop of thinking that regarded the world not as something we are in, but as a place that is present within us. The fuzz guitar makes me think of that C.A. Quintet cave setting and the 3/4 dark and obsessive waltz is kind of a world turning, dawn of a new era feel.” - Trish Keenan on "The Be Colony" (Witch Cults/Focus Group Album) in an interview with the Wire. Hear song here.